In return for their pleas, charges of homicide, burglary and theft were dismissed against Prescott and Dickerson.

Both men testified against 18-year-old Isaac "Boobie" Dickerson and his brother, 22-year-old Kyle "K" Dickerson during the brothers' trial in January. A jury found Kyle Dickerson guilty of first-degree murder and Isaac Dickerson guilty of second-degree murder. The brothers — who are both members of the Bloods gang, according to testimony in another case — were also convicted of robbery, burglary and theft.

Thomas Dickerson, a cousin of the brothers, and Prescott said they went to the Allentown home of 23-year-old Shawn Evans around 12:45 a.m. March 15 to get marijuana and the brothers formed a plan to rob Evans and everyone inside. They said when Evans resisted and charged Kyle Dickerson, he started blasting.

Evans died eight days after the shooting.

"But for their cooperation, we probably wouldn't have been able to resolve the case and bring [the Dickerson brothers] to justice," Lehigh County First Assistant District Attorney Steven Luksa told Judge Maria L. Dantos.

Kyle and Isaac Dickerson continued to proclaim their innocence in February when Dantos sentenced them to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

According to Luksa, after the three Dickersons and Prescott barged into Evans' home at 830 Green St., Kyle Dickerson acted as the leader. He pointed a gun at Evans and demanded marijuana and money and ordered Thomas Dickerson and Prescott to roam around the home and find things to steal while Isaac Dickerson held a gun on others.

Evans, who Luksa said was 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 405 pounds, resisted — getting up from his seat on the floor where he had been ordered to remain and charging Kyle Dickerson, who fired several bullets at him, the prosecutor said.

Thomas Dickerson and Prescott — represented by Charles Banta and public defender James Nechin, respectively — are scheduled to be sentenced by Dantos in May.